middle of the night; dead of night
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
every other day; every second day
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
to dazzle; to make dizzy; to bewilder
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
outward appearance; apparent
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
(one's) concern; having (something) to do with
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
another day; the next day
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to twirl; to spin; to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy